Posted Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
The Bay State Magic held a college showcase on Wednesday night, featuring many college prospects from the greater Boston area. In addition to the Bay State Magic program, players from several Boston-based AAU programs were in attendance, including Middlesex Magic, Greater Boston Lions, Metro Boston, Boston Warriors and MYCW. New England Division 2 and 3 schools certainly took notice, as there was a solid showing of college coaches on hand. Top Performers: Dennis Clifford, Bay State Magic- The up and…
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Posted Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Tuesday was the first day that players in the class of 2012 were allowed to receive calls from college coaches and, as predicted, Kaleb Tarczewski’s phone was ringing off the hook. “It started off with Harvard,” Tarczewski said. “Coach Amaker called at 9:30 in the morning.” But that was only the beginning as Tarczewski had heard from a long line of BCS level coaches by the time he spoke to the New England Recruiting Report just prior to 11pm. “I…
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Posted Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The first ever Junior Elite Championships will take place this weekend at the Rockingham Athletic Club. The tournament features some of the top programs in New England including the Rhode Island Hawks, Connecticut Select, Rhode Island Breakers, MB Nation, Mass Rivals, and others. The schedule for the event has now been posted and is available on the Junior Elite Championships home page. The New England Recruiting Report will be present at the event throughout the weekend to bring you all…
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Posted Monday, June 14th, 2010
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence College men's basketball coach Keno Davis announced on June 15, 2010 that student-athlete Dre Evans (Dallas, Texas) will attend Providence College beginning in September 2010. Evans, a 5-foot-10-inch, 160-pound guard was a four-year starter and a two-year captain for Head Coach Robert Allen at Carter High School in Dallas. In 2010, Evans averaged 21.6 points and 4.5 assists. He also shot 42.2 percent from three-point territory. In his final two years at Carter, Evans recorded 205…
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Posted Monday, June 14th, 2010
Today is June, 15th and that means it is the first day that college coaches are permitted to call players in the class of 2012. Up until this point NCAA rules have prohibited college coaches from directly contacting prospects in the class of 2012, so most college coaches will be dialing like telemarketers for the rest of the day. Guys like Andre Drummond, Alex Murphy, Khem Birch, Ricardo Ledo, Kaleb Tarczewski, and Nerlens Noel would probably do well to hire…
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Posted Sunday, June 13th, 2010
The seventeen-and-under field at the Rumble in the Bronx Tournament included 44 teams, 11 pools, and 9 clubs from New England. Of those nine only one, the New England Playaz, received the first seed in their pool. The snub obviously lit a fire under the Connecticut Basketball Club as they dominated their pool, winning all three games by 20+ points, including their Saturday afternoon match-up with Sidiki Johnson and the Metro Hawks, a Nike sponsored team from New York who…
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Posted Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Defense was the name of the game this weekend as Boston Amateur Basketball Club captured the sixteen-and-under championship at the Rumble in the Bronx. BABC advanced to Sunday afternoon’s finals by holding opponents to 29, 33, 30, 31, and 45 points in their first five games respectively. Perhaps their most impressive win along the way came on Saturday night when they disposed of the Long Island Lightning, a team who had won 3 of the last 4 national championships, by…
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Posted Saturday, June 12th, 2010
The first two days of the Rumble in the Bronx are in the books, and amongst a talented national field, several New England players and teams have made their mark already. Sunday should be interesting, as a number of New England teams have won their pools and will advance to the Gold Bracket. Stay tuned for coverage of championship Sunday. Markus Kennedy, New England Playaz- In their opening pool play game against the Central Jersey Hawks, the Playaz were able…
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Posted Friday, June 11th, 2010
The University of Massachusetts earned a commitment from Hofstra transfer Chaz Williams on Friday afternoon. Williams had visited the Amherst campus earlier in the week. A New York native who starred at Bishop Ford High School in Brooklyn prior to arriving at Hofstra, Williams held down the starting point guard position for virtually his entire freshman season with the Pride. He averaged over 7 points and 4 assists per game while earning All-Rookie honors in the Colonial Athletic Conference. Williams…
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Posted Friday, June 11th, 2010
While the vast majority of the grassroots basketball world has their eyes set on the Bronx in the northeast corner of the country this weekend, there are still a number of New England’s top prospects who are making trips to prestigious camps throughout the country. Here is a rundown of who is going where: • New England is well represented at this weekend’s Nike Hoop Jamboree. The event is held in St. Louis, Missouri on the campus of St. Louis…
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